Telephone attachment.



A. C. HEWITT & W. G. THOMAS.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATIQN FILED APR. 14, 1910.

Patented se t.13,1910.

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ANDREW C. HEWITT AND WILDIAM C. THOMAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF TWO-THIRDS TO SAID HEWITT AND ONE-THIRD T0 GEORGE w. KROUT, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANTA;

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. P tented Sept'.1 3;i1910 Application filed April 14, 1910. Serial No. 555,447.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW C. HEWITT and \Vrnuau C. THOMAS, both citizens of the United States. and residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements 111 Telephone Attachments, of which 'the following is a specification.

particular constructive arrangement of the said attachment for the defined purposes.

The nature and scope of our invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which,

Figure l, is a front elevation 'of'an ordinary telephone provided with a transmitter and a receiver and supporting-hook therefor, and with a removable attachment embodying the particular features of our present invention disclosing adjustable features of the same to permit of the shifting of the receiver supportingly held thereby into a position with relation to the transmitter so that both transmitting and receiving may be accomplished without handling the instrument, and having a. foot as a part ofthe said attachment occupying such relation in connection therewith as to readily permit of est-ablishinga circuit connection through an exchange with a subscriber station so as to permit of both transmitting and receiving; Fig. 2, is a vertical central sectional view on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1, showing the snaphook for removably supporting the tele phone receiver.

Referring to tliedrawings (I, is an ordinary well known type of telephone instrument, as shown of the Bell type, provided with a receiver (1., receiver-hook a, and a transmitter c2 1 The attachment of our invention, consisting of a right-angular standard b, the terminal portion of which, as

shown, is provided with two pivoted parts.

7), to embrace the upri ht a, ofithetelephone instrument as s own, and with a tightening bolt and nut b, to hold the'same in required position 'in connection with the said upright a. To the standard b,'1sat-- tachcd a slotted curved barb by'means ofa jam-nut b", the upper end of the curved portion of the bar b, is provided witha swiveling snap-hook b, to admit therelnto the receiver a. The slotted portion b", of the curved bar 6 with which the jam-nut b, engages, permits desiredan :la'rityor' curvature to be quickly derive 1:11 operaetive position of the receiver held in snaphook I), to register with an ear of the person while the mouth is registered with the transmitter as will be readily understood from the drawing to thereby enable transmitting and receiving to be carried on without hav-' tachment performs the double function of supporting the telephone receiver anc'v cutting on orbit the electric connection with an exchange to and from a subscriber station, according as the foot 7), is in or out of engagement with the receiver supporting hook (1 either the transmitter or the receiver of the telephone instrument.

Havingtlulsdescribcd our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- tel-s latcnt is The combination with a telephone instrument, of an attachment, consisting of a detachable standard in connection with the telephone instrument and extending within and in proximity to the base of the receiver supporting hook thereof, a curved bar pivand without having to handlc oted to said standard and having a foot to our signatnres inthe presence of two subdirectly engage the receiver hook, so asto scribing Witnesses. depress the san'1e,'.a snap-hook to detachably ANDREW C HEVITT en age the receiver therewith, said hook I 5 hazing an adjustment with said bar and VILLIAM THOMAS- means to clamp the parts of said attachment Witnesses: inoperatlve relation with each other. J. WALTER DOUGLASS, In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set THOMAS M. SMITH. 4 

